Anupama Abhyankar – Gokhale

Anupama Abhyankar – Gokhale

Anupama Abhyankar – Gokhale is an Alumni of PTVA`s Paranjape Vidyalaya, Andheri  

Anupama Gokhale (born Anupama Abhyankar, (17 May 1969) is an Indian chess player. She won the
Indian Women’s Championship five times (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1997) and the Asian Women’s
Championship twice (1985 and 1987). In 1985 she was also joint winner, with Malaysian player Audrey
Wong, of the Asian Junior Girls’ Championship in Adelaide. This achievement automatically earned both
players the title of Woman International Master (WIM).
Gokhale was the recipient of the Padma Shri Award in 1986 [5] and the Arjuna Award in 1990. She is the
youngest Padma Shri awardee, being only 16 years old when she received it.
She is married to Dronacharya Award winner Raghunandan Gokhale, a chess player himself. She works
for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.